Thread: 100 Best Albums of All Time (Apple Music)

Interesting list


https://100best.music.apple.com/us

1. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
2. Thriller - Michael Jackson
3. Abbey Road - The Beatles
4. Purple Rain - Prince & Revolution
5. Blonde - Frank Ocean
6. Song in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
7. good kid, m.A.A.d city (Deluxe Version) - Kendrick Lamar
8. Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
9. Nevermind - Nirvana
10. Lemonade - Beyoncé
11. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
12. OK Computer - Radiohead
13. The Blueprint - JAY-Z
14. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
15. 21 - Adele
16. Blue - Joni Mitchell
17. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
18. 1989 (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift
19. The Chronic - Dr. Dre
20. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
21. Revolver - The Beatles
22. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
23. Discovery - Daft Punk
24. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars - David Bowie
25. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
26. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
27. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
28. The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
29. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
30. WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? - Billie Eilish
31. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
32. Ready to Die - Notorious B.I.G.
33. Kid A - Radiohead
34. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
35. London Calling - The Clash
36. BEYONCÉ - Beyoncé
37. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan
38. Tapestry - Carole King
39. Illmatic - Nas
40. I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin
41. Aquemini - Outkast
42. Control - Janet Jackson
43. Remain in Light - Talking Heads
44. Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
45. Homogenic - Björk
46. Exodus - Bob Marley and the Wailers
47. Take Care - Drake
48. Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
49. The Joshua Tree - U2
50. Hounds of Love - Kate Bush
51. Sign O' the Times - Prince
52. Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses
53. Exile on Main St. - The Rolling Stones
54. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
55. ANTI - Rihanna
56. Disintegration - The Cure
57. Voodoo - D'Angelo
58. (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
59. AM - Arctic Monkeys
60. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico
61. Love Deluxe - Sade
62. All Eyez on Me - 2Pac
63. Are You Experienced - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
64. Baduizm - Erykah Badu
65. 3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul
66. The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
67. Dummy - Portishead
68. Is This It - The Strokes
69. Master of Puppets - Metallica
70. Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A
71. Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk
72. SOS - SZA
73. Aja - Steely Dan
74. The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
75. Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott
76. Un Verano Sin Ti - Bad Bunny
77. Like a Prayer - Madonna
78. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
79. Norman Fg Rockwell - Lana Del Rey
80. The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
81. After the Gold Rush - Neil Young
82. Get Rich or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent
83. Horses - Patti Smith
84. Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg
85. Golden Hour - Kacey Musgraves
86. My Life - Mary J. Blige
87. Blue Lines - Massive Attack
88. I Put a Spell on You - Nina Simone
89. The Fame Monster (Deluxe Edition) - Lady Gaga
90. Back in Black - AC/DC
91. Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 - George Michael
92. Flower Boy - Tyler, The Creator
93. A Seat at the Table - Solange
94. Untrue - Burial
95. Confessions - Usher
96. Pure Heroine - Lorde
97. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
98. ASTROWORLD - Travis Scott
99. Hotel California - Eagles
100. Body Talk - Robin

Interesting choices there, Apple

I like it.

Is it a hot take if I say Abbey Road is super overrated?

Any list with the word best followed by Bad Bunny? I’ll see myself out.

Originally Posted by Slick

Any list with the word best followed by Bad Bunny? I’ll see myself out.

Bad Bunny's got some bangers, I think he has better albums than that one, but it was a worldwide phenomenon so I understand its addition.

Comparing it to the Rolling Stone top 100 albums list

01 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971)
02 The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966)
03 Joni Mitchell - Blue (1970)
04 Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
05 The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)
06 Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)
07 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977)
08 Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain (1984)
09 Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (1975)
10 Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
11 The Beatles - Revolver (1966)
12 Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)
13 Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
14 The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St. (1972)
15 Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
16 The Clash - London Calling (1979)
17 Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
18 Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
19 Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
20 Radiohead - Kid A (2000)
21 Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (1975)
22 The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die (1994)
23 The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
24 The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
25 Carole King - Tapestry (1971)
26 Patti Smith - Horses (1975)
27 Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
28 D'Angelo - Voodoo (2000)
29 The Beatles - White Album (1968)
30 Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced (1967)
31 Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (1959)
32 Beyoncé - Lemonade (2016)
33 Amy Winehouse - Back to Black (2006)
34 Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (1973)
35 The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1965)
36 Michael Jackson - Off the Wall (1979)
37 Dr. Dre - The Chronic (1992)
38 Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde (1966)
39 Talking Heads - Remain in Light (1980)
40 David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972)
41 The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (1969)
42 Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
43 A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991)
44 Nas - Illmatic (1994)
45 Prince - Sign O' the Times (1987)
46 Paul Simon - Graceland (1986)
47 Ramones - Ramones (1976)
48 Bob Marley and the Wailers - Legend (1984)
49 OutKast - Aquemini (1998)
50 Jay-Z - The Blueprint (2001)
51 Chuck Berry - The Great Twenty-Eight (1982)
52 David Bowie - Station to Station (1976)
53 Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland (1968)
54 James Brown - Star Time (1991)
55 Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
56 Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville (1993)
57 The Band - The Band (1969)
58 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
59 Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (1972)
60 Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (1968)
61 Eric B. Rakim - Paid in Full (1987)
62 Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction (1987)
63 Steely Dan - Aja (1977)
64 OutKast - Stankonia (2000)
65 James Brown - Live at the Apollo (1963)
66 John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (1965)
67 Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt (1996)
68 Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (1985)
69 Alanis Morrissette - Jagged Little Pill (1995)
70 N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton (1988)
71 Bob Marley and the Wailers - Exodus (1977)
72 Neil Young - Harvest (1972)
73 My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991)
74 Kanye West - The College Dropout (2004)
75 Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul (1968)
76 Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (1972)
77 The Who - Who's Next (1971)
78 Elvis Presley - The Sun Sessions (1976)
79 Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)
80 The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols (1977)
81 Beyoncé - Beyoncé (2013)
82 Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On (1971)
83 Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis (1969)
84 AC/DC - Back in Black (1980)
85 John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band (1970)
86 The Doors - The Doors (1967)
87 Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (1970)
88 David Bowie - Hunky Dory (1971)
89 Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)
90 Neil Young - After the Gold Rush (1970)
91 Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
92 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love (1967)
93 Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly (1997)
94 The Stooges - Fun House (1970)
95 Drake - Take Care (2011)
96 R.E.M. - Automatic for the People (1992)
97 Metallica - Master of Puppets (1986)
98 Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
99. Taylor Swift - Red (2012)
100. The Band - Music From Big Pink (1968)

Paste Magazine just released their list of the 300 greatest albums. There's a lot of surprises and some music I've never heard of, so I actually love that I've got some new albums to explore and that it's not just the same boring list that always gets put out there.

A playlist featuring some songs from the list:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4m...a1c7c204ab482c

300. Modest Mouse: The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
299. Rihanna: Anti (2016)
298. Queen: Jazz (1978)
297. Terry Riley: A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)
296. The Raincoats: The Raincoats (1979)
295. Bad Brains: Bad Brains (1981)
294. Deulgukhwa: 들국화 (1985)
293. Ice Cube: AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted (1990)
292. David Bowie: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980)
291. Camarón: La leyenda del tiempo (1979)
290. The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World Of… (1984)
289. Britney Spears: …Baby One More Time (1999)
288. The Who: Tommy (1969)
287. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: I See a Darkness (1999)
286. The KLF: Chill Out (1990)
285. Lil’ Kim: Hard Core (1996)
284. Talk Talk: Laughing Stock (1991)
283. Bob Marley and the Wailers: Burnin’ (1973)
282. Brian Eno: Another Green World (1975)
281. Shin Joong Hyun & Yup Juns: 신중현과 엽전들 (1974)
280. Townes Van Zandt: The Late Great Townes Van Zandt (1972)
279. Robyn: Body Talk (2010)
278. Hiroshi Yoshimura: Music For Nine Post Cards (1982)
277. Pulp: Different Class (1995)
276. Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires of the City (2013)
275. Kraftwerk: The Man-Machine (1978)
274. Songs: Ohia: The Magnolia Electric Co. (2003)
273. Neil Young: After the Gold Rush (1970)
272. Blondie: Parallel Lines (1978)
271. Wire: Chairs Missing (1978)
270. Mississippi John Hurt: Today! (1966)
269. Fiona Apple: When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He’ll Win the Whole Thing ‘Fore He Enters the Ring There’s No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won’t Matter, Cuz You’ll Know That You’re Right (1999)
268. Tom Petty: Wildflowers (1994)
267. Dolly Parton: Coat of Many Colors (1971)
266. Mahmoud Ahmed: Éthiopiques, Vol. 7: Ere Mèla Mèla (1975)
265. Thin Lizzy: Jailbreak (1976)
264. Stars of the Lid: The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid (2001)
263. Alvvays: Blue Rev (2022)
262. Silver Jews: American Water (1998)
261. The Meters: Rejuvenation (1974)
260. PJ Harvey: Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000)
259. The Byrds: Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968)
258. Janet Jackson: Control (1987)
257. OutKast: Aquemini (1998)
256. Marty Robbins: Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1959)
255. Cyndi Lauper: She’s So Unusual (1983)
254. Nico: The Marble Index (1968)
253. George Jones: I Am What I Am (1980)
252. Lorde: Melodrama (2017)
251. Popol Vuh: Hosianna Mantra (1972)
250. Burial: Untrue (2007)
249. Joni Mitchell: Hejira (1976)
248. Steely Dan: Aja (1977)
247. The Shangri-Las: Leader of the Pack (1965)
246. LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver (2007)
245. Eric B. & Rakim: Paid in Full (1987)
244. Four Tet: There Is Love in You (2010)
243. Alice Coltrane: Turiya Sings (1982)
242. The Promise Ring: Nothing Feels Good (1997)
241. Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)
240. Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster (2009)
239. The Mountain Goats: The Sunset Tree (2005)
238. Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
237. Danny Brown: Atrocity Exhibition (2016)
236. Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures (1979)
235. Aretha Franklin: Amazing Grace (1972)
234. D’Angelo and the Vanguard: Black Messiah (2014)
233. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Déjà Vu (1970)
232. Portishead: Dummy (1994)
231. Ornette Coleman: The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)
230. Carly Rae Jepsen: Emotion (2015)
229. Beck: Odelay (1996)
228. The Avalanches: Since I Left You (2000)
227. Germs: (GI) (1979)
226. Solange: A Seat at the Table (2016)
225. Curtis Mayfield: Super Fly (1972)
224. U2: The Joshua Tree (1987)
223. Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska (1982)
222. The Cure: Pornography (1982)
221. The Supremes: Where Did Our Love Go (1964)
220. Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
219. Jeff Buckley: Grace (1994)
218. The Band: Music from Big Pink (1968)
217. Liz Phair: Exile in Guyville (1993)
216. The Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs (1999)
215. Led Zeppelin: IV (1971)
214. Joanna Newsom: Ys (2006)
213. Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III (2008)
212. Grace Jones: Nightclubbing (1981)
211. Fugazi: Repeater (1990)
210. The Blue Nile: Hats (1989)
209. The Stooges: Fun House (1970)
208. Joni Mitchell: Court and Spark (1974)
207. Tom Waits: Rain Dogs (1985)
206. American Football: American Football (1999)
205. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band: Trout Mask Replica (1969)
204. Janelle Monáe: Dirty Computer (2018)
203. Leonard Cohen: Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)
202. Built to Spill: Perfect From Now On (1997)
201. Danger Mouse: The Grey Album (2004)
200. Massive Attack: Blue Lines (1991)
199. The War on Drugs: Lost in the Dream (2014)
198. Buena Vista Social Club: Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
197. Slayer: Reign in Blood (1986)
196. Rush: Moving Pictures (1981)
195. Vince Staples: Big Fish Theory (2017)
194. The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground (1969)
193. Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
192. Dinosaur Jr.: You’re Living All Over Me (1987)
191. TLC: CrazySexyCool (1994)
190. Pavement: Slanted & Enchanted (1992)
189. The Microphones: The Glow Pt. 2 (2001)
188. Kate Bush: The Dreaming (1982)
187. Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
186. Sufjan Stevens: Carrie & Lowell (2015)
185. Beyoncé: Beyoncé (2013)
184. The Strokes: Is This It (2001)
183. The Ronettes: Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica (1964)
182. The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers (1971)
181. John Prine: John Prine (1971)
180. Missy Elliott: Supa Dupa Fly (1997)
179. Angelo Badalementi: Soundtrack from Twin Peaks (1990)
178. Yo La Tengo: And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)
177. Kacey Musgraves: Golden Hour (2018)
176. Nick Drake: Pink Moon (1972)
175. Swans: Soundtracks for the Blind (1996)
174. GZA: Liquid Swords (1995)
173. Public Image Ltd: Second Issue / Metal Box (1979)
172. Neutral Milk Hotel: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998)
171. Taylor Swift: Red (2012)
170. Guns ‘N Roses: Appetite For Destruction (1987)
169. Talking Heads: Fear of Music (1979)
168. Marvin Gaye: I Want You (1976)
167. X-Ray Spex: Germfree Adolescents (1978)
166. Death Cab for Cutie: Transatlanticism (2003)
165. Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Rust Never Sleeps (1979)
164. Aretha Franklin: I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
163. Pixies: Doolittle (1989)
162. Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
161. Oasis: Definitely Maybe (1994)
160. Gillian Welch: Time (The Revelator) (2001)
159. Van Halen: Van Halen (1978)
158. Waylon Jennings: Dreaming My Dreams (1975)
157. Sly and the Family Stone: There’s a Riot Goin’ On (1971)
156. Dusty Springfield: Dusty in Memphis (1969)
155. Dismemberment Plan: Emergency & I (1999)
154. Jason Isbell: Southeastern (2013)
153. Fishmans: Kuuchuu Camp (1996)
152. Slowdive: Souvlaki (1993)
151. Lana Del Rey: Norman ******* Rockwell! (2019)
150. Radiohead: OK Computer (1997)
149. Frank Ocean: channel ORANGE (2012)
148. Boards of Canada: Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
147. Madonna: Erotica (1992)
146. Jay-Z: Reasonable Doubt (1996)
145. Belle & Sebastian: If You’re Feeling Sinister (1996)
144. Paul Simon: Graceland (1986)
143. Björk: Homogenic (1997)
142. Boris: Pink (2005)
141. Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch! (1964)
140. Spiritualized: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997)
139. Gang of Four: Entertainment! (1979)
138. Sparks: No. 1 in Heaven (1979)
137. James Brown: ‘Live’ at the Apollo (1963)
136. Metallica: Master of Puppets (1986)
135. Tatsuro Yamashita: For You (1982)
134. Elliott Smith: Either/Or (1997)
133. Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti (1975)
132. PJ Harvey: Rid of Me (1993)
131. George Michael: Faith (1987)
130. Herbie Hancock: Head Hunters (1973)
129. Minutemen: Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
128. The Beatles: Rubber Soul (1965)
127. David Bowie: Low (1977)
126. Daft Punk: Discovery (2001)
125. Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
124. R.E.M.: Murmur (1983)
123. Ramones: Ramones (1976)
122. The Breeders: Last Splash (1993)
121. Michael Jackson: Thriller (1982)
120. Fugees: The Score (1996)
119. Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation (1988)
118. The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Are You Experienced? (1967)
117. Willie Nelson: Red Headed Stranger (1975)
116. Dr. Dre: The Chronic (1992)
115. Lou Reed: Transformer (1972)
114. System of a Down: Toxicity (2001)
113. Madvillain: Madvillainy (2004)
112. Mariah Carey: Music Box (1993)
111. Godspeed You Black Emperor!: Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
110. The Smiths: The Queen is Dead (1984)
109. Sleater-Kinney: Dig Met Out (1997)
108. This Heat: Deceit (1981)
107. J Dilla: Donuts (2006)
106. N.W.A.: Straight Outta Compton (1988)
105. Paul & Linda McCartney: Ram (1971)
104. Bruce Springsteen: The River (1980)
103. Sunn O))): Black One (2005)
102. Prince and the Revolution: 1999 (1982)
101. Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
100. B.B. King: Live at the Regal (1965)
99. Grateful Dead: American Beauty (1970)
98. Donna Summer: Bad Girls (1979)
97. Death: Symbolic (1995)
96. Fleetwood Mac: Tusk (1979)
95. Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works Volume II (1994)
94. Sade: Love Deluxe (1992)
93. War: The World is a Ghetto (1972)
92. Deerhunter: Halcyon Digest (2010)
91. Otis Redding: Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965)
90. The Stooges: Raw Power (1973)
89. Television: Marquee Moon (1977)
88. Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream (1993)
87. Beastie Boys: Paul’s Boutique (1989)
86. Kanye West: The Life of Pablo (2016)
85. Nina Simone: I Put a Spell on You (1965)
84. SOPHIE: Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides (2018)
83. Pixies: Surfer Rosa (1988)
82. Radiohead: In Rainbows (2007)
81. D’Angelo: Voodoo (2000)
80. Alice Coltrane: Journey in Satchidananda (1971)
79. Black Sabbath: Paranoid (1970)
78. Mingus: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)
77. Erykah Badu: Baduizm (1997)
76. The Replacements: Let It Be (1984)
75. Little Richard: Here’s Little Richard (1957)
74. Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde (1966)
73. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: Going to a Go-Go (1965)
72. Kendrick Lamar: good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
71. Madonna: Like a Prayer (1989)
70. my bloody valentine: loveless (1991)
69. Nas: Illmatic (1994)
68. Aretha Franklin: Lady Soul (1968)
67. A Tribe Called Quest: The Low End Theory (1991)
66. Michael Jackson: Off the Wall (1979)
65. Nirvana: Nevermind (1991)
64. Ray Charles: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962)
63. Hüsker Dü: New Day Rising (1985)
62. The Beatles: The Beatles (1968)
61. Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
60. Hole: Live Through This (1994)
59. Notorious B.I.G.: Ready to Die (1994)
58. Van Morrison: Astral Weeks (1968)
57. Pharoah Sanders: Karma (1969)
56. Stevie Wonder: Innervisions (1973)
55. Beyoncé: Lemonade (2016)
54. Wu-Tang Clan: Enter the Wu-Tang Clan (36 Chambers) (1993)
53. R.E.M.: Automatic For the People (1992)
52. Joni Mitchell: The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
51. Novos Baianos: Acabou Chorare (1972)
50. Johnny Cash: At Folsom Prison (1968)
49. Frank Ocean: Blonde (2016)
48. Julee Cruise: Floating into the Night (1989)
47. Miles Davis: Kind of Blue (1959)
46. The Roots: Things Fall Apart (1999)
45. The Beatles: Revolver (1966)
44. De La Soul: 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
43. Cocteau Twins: Heaven or Las Vegas (1990)
42. PJ Harvey: To Bring You My Love (1995)
41. The Replacements: Tim (1985)
40. Patti Smith: Horses (1975)
39. Neil Young: On the Beach (1974)
38. Sufjan Stevens: Illinois (2005)
37. The Rolling Stones: Exile on Main St. (1972)
36. Amy Winehouse: Back to Black (2006)
35. John Coltrane: A Love Supreme (1964)
34. David Bowie: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972)
33. Carole King: Tapestry (1971)
32. Billie Holiday: Lady in Satin (1958)
31. Björk: Post (1995)
30. Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks (1975)
29. Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (2012)
28. Lauryn Hill: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1999)
27. The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland (1968)
26. The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
25. Talking Heads: Remain in Light (1980)
24. Sam Cooke: Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 (1985)
23. The Clash: London Calling (1979)
22. Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
21. The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Undeground & Nico (1967)
20. Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
19. Prince: Purple Rain (1984)
18. Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (1977)
17. Funkadelic: Maggot Brain (1971)
16. Janet Jackson: Velvet Rope (1997)
15. Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run (1975)
14. Joni Mitchell: Blue (1971)
13. Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On (1971)
12. Miles Davis: Bitches Brew (1970)
11. Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1987)
10. The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds (1966)
9. Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges: Clube da Esquina (1972)
8. Nina Simone: Wild is the Wind (1966)
7. Fishmans: Long Season (1996)
6. OutKast: Stankonia (2000)
5. The Beatles: Abbey Road (1969)
4. Prince: Sign o’ the Times (1987)
3. Kate Bush: Hounds of Love (1985)
2. The Cure: Disintegration (1989)
1. Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life (1976)